Breast support



July 21, 1931. F. M. BAUCKMAN BREAST SUPPORT Filed May 25. 1929 IzweaaioFiora Mflaaucifim ay WW5: W

Patented July 21, 1931 I BREAST SUPPORT e Application filed May 25,1929. Serial No. 366,053.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1, my novel breast support is shown ascomprising two polygonally shaped breast supporting pocket 35 members 1,2, the sides 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of which form between them angles of varyingdegrees. These members obviously may be made of an suitable material andof vdiflerent dimensions to comfortably fit different 30 persons.

In Fig. 2 the member 1 is shown developed as it is initially fashioned.To produce the pocket or sack effect the member has a V-,

shaped opening 8 of convenient depth cut therein from the. side 3 and asimilar but larger opening 9 "from the side 6, and the openings so madeare closed by seams 10, 11, Fig. 1. Obviously more of these openings ordarts may be made if desired, although those specified usually are foundsufficient. These seams are preferably so located that the apex of thepocket or ra1sed area is just over the v nipple of the breast in eachcase.

While the angle between the sides 3, 6, may be acute and the taperedportion formed thereby may be carried any desirable distance laterallyfor convenience, the side edges 4, 5

should be so located that they follow closely the corresponding lines ofthe breast in its normal position. I The supports in use at the presenttime, whether of the brassire or other type, are unsatisfactory andimproperly designed,

partly because they fail to provide the proper normal separate supportfor each breast in the proper position, and also because'they flattenout and tend to crowd the two breasts together; and to overcome this andother defects I have designed my novel support.

In general, my support is designed especially'to separate the twobreasts and give to each its own independent sup ort to the extent andwhere it is needed. t is, of course, Well known that rarely, if ever,are the two 6. breasts of any woman alike, either in size orconfiguration. They vary just as ones arms, hands, shoulders and earsvary, and properly each breast should be provided with the support itparticularly needs. To that end, by my invention the corners of thepocket members 1, 2, formed by the sides 4, 5 of said members, meet midsternum, and have only such connection as is required to keep them thecorrect distance apart and permit free swinging adjustment of eachpocket up or down about the point of connection with the opposite pocketto properly support its breast.

For that purpose they are provided with 79 straps 12, 13 of firmmaterial of desired width, which in this case, cross at themeeting'point of the pockets and substantially above the bottomsthereof, the straps being preferably about one inch wide and of anydesired material to rovide the necessary support suflicient to lzeep thebreasts separated and in normal position both laterally and upwardly. Itwill be noted that by this means each strap .end 12, 13 which together80 form an X-shaped pocket connecting structure, below their meetingpoint is free to swing and adjust itself, without hindrance from theother strap, to properly support its own breast, which would not be trueif the lower strap ends 12, 13 were connected with each other and thusprevented from being freely adjustable. Of course, it is not necessarythat the straight straps 12, 13 be used and made to cross each other; asubstantially L-shaped strap may be used for each pocket and they may besimply secured at their meeting point.

At its lower end and front face each strap 12, 13 is provided with asuitable fastening device, as a button 16, while the upper ends areattached to shoulder straps 14, 15 of suitable width, preferably atleast one inch wide and partially at least of elastic website or innerends of the straps 18 are secured to the members 1, 2, at the meetingpoint of the edges 3, 6, 3, 6.

It is very desirable that the angle formed by these straps at theircrossing point be a straps over the shoulders and down to the bodystrap-s, the foregoing construction providin pockets each of which isindividually mova le angularly from the other about the said contactingpoint of the pockets in response to pull from the upper and lowerX-strap ends to separate and support the breasts.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification. v

FLORA M. BAUCKMAN.

substantial one-so that when the lower ends of these straps areconnected to the bust straps the pull is naturally lateral as well asupward and thus the tendency is to separate and support the breasts.

In use the arms are slipped beneath the shoulder straps 14, 15, and thelateral or bust straps 18 carried about the back, then through the loops17 on the ends of the opposite straps and each is secured to the button16 on the lower end of the opposite strap end 12 or 13 beneath theopposite breast.

By carrying each strap 18 through a loop 17, the straps are more certainto be kept in the best position, just below the shoulder blades, thusprovided a relatively secure anchorage forthe lower ends of the shoulderstraps 14, and permit them to give the desired upward support for thepocket members 1, 2, and the breasts.

It will be noted that my novel breast support imposes no pressure uponeither breast to impede free circulation of blood nor does it applypressure to the nerves of the breast.'

It does not push the breasts toward the median line of the body butseparates them and by. its adjustability each pocket supports eachbreast in its normal position. It of course lifts the abnormal breastupward, bringing the nipple approximately to its intercostal position.

Continued wearing of the support day i and night will permit nature tocontract the loose tissues and tend to create a more normal condition ofthe breasts.

My invention is not limited to the precise embodiment thereof hereinillustrated and described.

Claim;

A breast supporter comprising pockets 'for the breasts, the adjacentedges of the pockets being of strap-like structure in X-like relationand connected only at, their point of contact, a body strap on the outerend of each pocket constructed to pass beneath the wearers arm and abouther body and engage the lower end of the X-strap below the oppositepocket, a pair of shoulder straps respectively extending from the topends of the X-related

